342 FLOUA OF JAMAICA Euphorbia 



3-7 mm. 1., elliptical or oblong-elliptical, or slightly obovate-clliptical, apex 

 rounded or obtuse, base more or less oblique, subsessile, minutely toothed, 

 in the upper part glabrous, or sparingly puberulous, especially beneath 

 and at apex. Stipules triangular, on the upper side usually free, on the 

 lower side united. Involucres about 'G mm. 1. (peduncles -6-2 mm. 1.), 

 canipanulate ; lobes ovate, ciliate-fringed ; glands minuto ; appendage 

 slightly broader than the gland or wanting. Capsules 3-cornered-globular, 

 1-1-4 mm. in diarn. Seeds ovoid-ellipsoidal, about 1 mm. 1. 



10. E. thymifolia L. Sp. PI. 454 (1753) ; prostrate ; branches 

 puberulous to glabrate ; involucres axillary, glabrous or puberu- 

 lous, crowded through the shortness of the internodes into very 

 short leafy racemes ; younger capsules erect, about 1 '4 mm. in 

 diani., puberulous ; seeds reddish, acutely 4 -angled, with about 

 four transverse ridges. Burin, f. Fl. Ind. 112 ; Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 47 ; Muell. Ary. in FL Bras. xi. pt. 2, 684 ; 

 Watt Diet. Econ. Prod. Ind. ; Urb. Syiiib. Ant. iv. 356. E. macu- 

 lata L. var. thymifolia Griseb. FL Br. W. Ind. 53. Chamaesyce 

 Sloane Cat. 83 & Hist. i. 198. Chamsesyce thymifolia Millsp. in 

 Field Cohimb. Mus. Bot. ii. 412 (1916). Tithymalus humilis 

 ramosissimus &c. Burrn. Zeyl. 225, /. 105, /. 3. 



St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. iii. 119 ! Masson ! Macfadyen ! All 

 hot countries except Australia. 



Stems slender, with many branches, J to 1 ft. and more. Leaves 

 4-9 mm. L, oblong or oblong-elliptical, obtuse, serrulate-crenate, glabrous 

 or puberulous beneath. Stipiulcs about 1 mm. 1., lanceolate, fringed. 

 Involucres campanulate-obconical, deeply cut on one side, hairy, with long 

 hairs inside ; lobes triangular, acute, ciliate ; glands small, stalked, 

 appendage as broad or narrower or wanting, those of the glands next the 

 lateral slit sometimes somewhat oblong or ligulate, larger than the gland. 

 Capsule very shortly stalked, obtusely keeled. Seed oblong, 1 mm. 1. 

 or less. 



Used like E. liy per id folia. 



11. E. Blodgettii Engelm. ex Hitchc. in Hep. Miss. Bot. 

 Gard. iv. 126, t. 13 (1893) ; glabrous or nearly so ; prostrate, 

 spreading, or rarely erect ; involucres axillary, usually solitary 

 or two together ; capsule 1 52 mm. in diam, ; seeds reddish to 

 grey, inconspicuously tranversely ridged. Urb. Symb. Ant. vi. 

 90. Chaimesyce Blodgettii Small Fl. S.E. U. States, 712 (1903) ; 

 Millsp. torn. cit. 303. 



Palisadoes, also in pastures, BrougJiton ! Fort Clarence Hill ; Pedro 

 Bluff ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9536, 9731 ; Lucea, Hitchcock. Bermuda, Key 

 West and S. Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba. 



Annual or biennial. Stem 3-17 inches, branched, woody below. 

 Leaves 3-13 mm. L, irregularly elliptical, or slightly obovate elliptical, 

 apex rounded, more or less serrulate towards the apex. Stipules triangular, 

 margin cut. Involucres about '7 mm. 1., campanulate, glabrous outside, 

 hairy within ; lobes triangular, toothed ; appendages white or pinkish, 

 as broad as, or slightly broader than, the gland. Capsule 3-cornered- 

 globular, slightly keeled, glabrous. Seeds about 1 mm. 1., 4-angled. The 

 leaves are mostly small and entire on exposed sea-shores, larger and toothed 

 amongst grass or in shade. 



